ISYS3001 Week 3 Midterm Exam (100% Correct)

1. Question: [a] and [b] refer to keeping the cost of purchased parts and products at acceptable levels. 2. Question: A supply chain management system automates the tracking of and information among business processes and across companies. 3. Question: Are games in which thousands to millions of people play and interact in a robust virtual world. 4. Question: Which of the following supply chain activities keeps the cost of transporting materials as low as possible consistent with safe and reliable delivery? 5. Question: A(n) is providing a product or service in a way that customers value more than what your competition is able to do. 6. Question: If a business sends information to its customers, suppliers, or distributors, what type of information flow is this considered? 7. Question: A virtual private network uses to establish a secure channel for transmitting data. 8. Question: Refers to any computer-based tool that people use to work with information and support the information and information-processing needs of an organization. 9. Question: Software is utility software that filters unwanted e-mail for your inbox. 10. Question: Which type of network covers a large geographic distance, such as a state, a country, or even the entire world? 11. Question: Software can be categorized as either personal productivity software or vertical and horizontal market software. 12. Question: Information granularity refers to: 13. Question: The Web 2.0: 14. Question: Which of the following are used to enter information and commands in a computer? 15. Question: Which of the following types of network security applications watches the current network traffic, matching it against lists with characteristics of known attacks? 16. Question: Which of the following is the most widely used category of twisted-pair cabling systems for data transfer in today's LANs? 17. Question: What is the difference between front and back office systems? 18. Question: A is a bundle of copper wires used for transmitting voice or data communications. 19. Question: Deals with the planning for, development, management, and use of information technology tools to help people perform all tasks related to information processing and management. 20. Question: Is collective information that gives you the ability to make effective, important, and often strategic decisions. 21. Question: Which of the following communications media is a type of radio transmission? 22. Question: or capacity of the communications medium, is the amount of information that a communications medium can transfer in a given amount of time. 23. Question: Data refers to . 24. Question: All organizations seek ways to build sustainable practices and processes that address the needs of the three Ps: [a], [b], and [c]. 25. Question: Which of the following systems uses information about customers to gain insights into their needs, wants, and behaviors in order to serve them better?